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Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette

Interview skills lesson 22: Workplace etiquette · Set 272 · 40 questions
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Tip (Respect the work, time and people): Good: arriving on time, greeting coworkers, asking when unsure, owning your mistakes, meeting deadlines, phone on silent, respecting others’ time. Poor: gossiping, long personal calls, taking others’ credit, hiding a mistake, arriving late, ignoring instructions, leaving without telling. Feedback from a supervisor: “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” Will be late or absent? Inform in advance.

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  1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) leaving without telling (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) ignoring instructions
  2. 2.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) respecting others’ time (b) arriving on time (c) arriving late daily (d) phone on silent
  4. 4.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) leave it ringing (b) answer every call (c) turn up the volume (d) set it to silent
  5. 5.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) respecting others’ time (c) gossiping about others (d) meeting deadlines
  6. 6.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: “ignoring instructions” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking when unsure (b) arriving on time (c) long personal calls (d) meeting deadlines
  9. 9.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  10. 10.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  11. 11.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) say nothing (b) inform in advance (c) just come late (d) skip the whole day
  12. 12.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving without telling (b) asking when unsure (c) long personal calls (d) arriving late daily
  14. 14.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) greeting coworkers (c) gossiping about others (d) rude replies on chat
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long personal calls (b) gossiping about others (c) phone on silent (d) ignoring instructions
  16. 16.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: ignoring instructions? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  17. 17.🏢 A coworker is speaking in a meeting and you have a point. What is best? (a) leave the room (b) roll your eyes (c) wait for your turn (d) interrupt loudly
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meeting deadlines (b) respecting others’ time (c) rude replies on chat (d) asking when unsure
  19. 19.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: long personal calls? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  20. 20.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) guess and hope (b) ask a customer (c) ask politely (d) do nothing
  21. 21.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) phone on silent (c) leaving without telling (d) greeting coworkers
  22. 22.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) taking others’ credit (c) respecting others’ time (d) greeting coworkers
  23. 23.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) arriving late daily (c) long personal calls (d) meeting deadlines
  24. 24.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) ignoring instructions (c) respecting others’ time (d) gossiping about others
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) arriving on time (c) gossiping about others (d) taking others’ credit
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) respecting others’ time (c) gossiping about others (d) ignoring instructions
  28. 28.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: asking when unsure? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
  29. 29.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: greeting coworkers? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  31. 31.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) “I quit.” (d) “Not my fault.”
  32. 32.True or false: “arriving on time” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) respecting others’ time (b) owning your mistakes (c) phone on silent (d) hiding a mistake
  34. 34.True or false: “asking when unsure” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
  37. 37.True or false: “arriving late daily” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) arriving late daily (c) owning your mistakes (d) ignoring instructions
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gossiping about others (b) rude replies on chat (c) hiding a mistake (d) greeting coworkers
  40. 40.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) leaving without telling (b) arriving late daily (c) phone on silent (d) rude replies on chat

Answer key

  1. keeping your desk tidy
  2. False
  3. arriving late daily
  4. set it to silent
  5. gossiping about others
  6. True
  7. True
  8. long personal calls
  9. a good work habit
  10. a poor work habit
  11. inform in advance
  12. False
  13. asking when unsure
  14. greeting coworkers
  15. phone on silent
  16. a poor work habit
  17. wait for your turn
  18. rude replies on chat
  19. a poor work habit
  20. ask politely
  21. leaving without telling
  22. taking others’ credit
  23. meeting deadlines
  24. True
  25. respecting others’ time
  26. arriving on time
  27. respecting others’ time
  28. a good work habit
  29. False
  30. a good work habit
  31. “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
  32. True
  33. hiding a mistake
  34. True
  35. False
  36. a poor work habit
  37. True
  38. owning your mistakes
  39. greeting coworkers
  40. phone on silent

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